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Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief General Guillermo Eleazar vowed Wednesday, June 11, that the organization will not coddle the seven police personnel who have been tagged in the March 8 slay of Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino.
PNP Chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar (File photo / MANILA BULLETI
SunStar April 05, 2021 THE Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday, April 5, 2021, implemented a major revamp due to the upcoming retirement of several senior officials from the service.
PNP spokesperson Brigadier General Ildebrandi Usana said Major General Emmanuel Luis Licup, Directorate for Comptrollership (DC) head, was placed on a non-duty status and was transferred to the Office of the Chief PNP (OCPNP) ahead of his retirement on Friday, April 9.
Licup, a member of the Philippine Military Class of 1987, served as the regional director of Police Regional Office-Mimaropa (Mindoro Oriental and Occidental, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) and Police Regional Office 9 before he was designated as head of the Directorate for Operations and eventually as DC chief.
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+ March 10, 2021 THE Philippine National Police Internal Affairs Service (IAS) has launched its motu proprio investigation into the incident that killed the mayor of Calbayog City in Samar, his two police escorts and two other policemen.
A civilian caught in the crossfire was also killed.
IAS Inspector General Alfegar Triambulo said they were looking into reports that the anti-drugs policemen who figured in the incident with the mayor’s group were not in uniform and were wearing bonnets. They were also carrying high-powered firearms.
“Ayon po sa police operational procedure, sila po may mga requirements po. Dapat sila ay naka-uniform, hindi naka bonnet sa isang legitimate operation,” Triambulo said.
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(Contributed) March 09, 2021 JUSTICE Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, said he has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to look into the incident that killed Calbayog City Mayor Ronaldo Aquino, two of his police security escorts and two other policemen.
While Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Debold Sinas described the incident as a shootout, Samar First District Representative Edgar Mary Sarmiento said it was an ambush perpetrated by policemen wearing balaclavas and using high-powered firearms.
Guevarra said the NBI investigation would ensure impartiality in establishing what really happened.
An initial police report said Aquino and his security escorts were traveling in a van along Laboyao Bridge in Barangay Lonoy, Calbayog City at around 5:30 p.m. Monday when armed men aboard two other vehicles fired at the mayor’s van.